Photograph by Anna Spindelndreier
Fundación MAPFRE acknowledged Particular Olympics with the ‘Greatest Entity Award for its Social Influence’ at an occasion held on the Royal On line casino of Madrid, Spain, on 8 October.
The award was offered to David Evangelista, President of Particular Olympics Europe Eurasia, and Valentina García Lluch, Particular Olympics Spain athlete, by Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain.
This award, which comes with a prize of 40,000 euros, is offered yearly to acknowledge the work of establishments or organizations that, all through their historical past, have carried out vital and efficient actions in varied fields, together with social, cultural, and health-related initiatives.
Evangelista mentioned: “I need to specific our deepest gratitude to Fundación MAPFRE, to Particular Olympics Spain, and to Her Majesty Queen Sofía, for his or her continued assist.”
“This award doesn’t belong solely to the Particular Olympics group, however to each one of many tens of millions of athletes who’ve proven that with braveness and dedication, all adversities, stigma, and discrimination could be overcome.”
“We stand alongside them, their households, and their communities, united by our shared imaginative and prescient. Collectively, we’re making the world higher by way of inclusion, in sports activities and in life.”
“I wish to take this second to acknowledge the management of my expensive pal, in truth, our expensive pal Enric Blesa, who can’t be right here with us bodily right now, however is at all times very a lot current with us.”
García Lluch added: “For me, being a Particular Olympics athlete is greater than an achieved aim; it’s a journey that has profoundly remodeled me. I’ve an mental incapacity and, though the trail has not at all times been straightforward, and despite the fact that I’ve needed to face the lack of knowledge from many, I’ve by no means allowed that actuality to outline my potentialities. I’m sure that I can supply simply as a lot as anybody else.”
“Particular Olympics has had loads to do with this journey. When I discovered it, I felt {that a} new world opened earlier than me. Sports activities helped me step out of my consolation zone, and uncover that, with effort and dedication, the bounds we consider we’ve got solely exist in our minds.”
“This award that we obtain represents each athlete who works onerous every single day, who strives to interrupt down the boundaries of prejudice and show that we’re all succesful.”
Additionally awarded on this version had been Núria Espert (Lifetime Skilled Achievement Award), Moda re- (Greatest Undertaking or Initiative for Social Influence), and Joselito (Greatest Initiative within the Agricultural Sector Award).
